Monday, June 29, 2009

KPE Closed July 3rd

Hey, folks.

Just a note to let you know that we will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of the federal Independence Day holiday.

Our systems will continue to monitor your systems, and we will respond to all alerts in a normal fashion.

If you have new request, please enter them into the Client Service Portal.

If the matter is urgent, we'll get right on it.

Have a wonderful holiday - and don't eat too many hot dogs!

:-)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Tour a World Class Data Center July 16th

If you've never toured a cutting-edge data center, this is your chance.

As technology moves to hosted services, cloud computing, and internet-based technology, this is where it all happens.

Sacramento is honored to have a couple of world class data centers and Herakles is one of them.

Riot proof. Fireproof. Earthquake proof. Able to operate for months when the electricity goes out.

THAT's a data center!

Anyway, if you want to poke around behind the scenes at a world-class data center, don't miss our July meeting.

(If you've read The Big Switch by Nichalas Carr, this is the kind of data center he talk about.)

NOTE: This meeting is 3 PM and not 6 PM. So it's during business hours.

- kp

Sac Tech Meetup in Business Journal

The Sacramento Business Technology Owners Meetup got a nice mention in the Business Journal on Friday.

Journalist Kelly Johnson interviewed me and some other Meetup organizers for a nice little article called A Meeting of the Minds: Business-Related Meetup Groups Are Popping Up All Over.

Please join our next meetup. Third Thursday is July 16th.

- kp

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Ready for Office 2010?

Ready for the next version of Microsoft Office?

Microsoft Office 2010 is coming next year (hence the name).

If you're the technical types . . . you may be interested in the Technical Preview of Office 2010, with access to the pre-release versions of Word 2010, Excel 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, Access 2010, InfoPath 2010 and Publisher 2010.

Go to “Office 2010 The Movie” website today and access the items they have up there, including:

- The “Office 2010 The Movie” video trailer

- The Microsoft Office Backstage Interview

- The Microsoft Office 2010 Online Forum - a place to discuss the Office 2010 Technical Preview program and other information around the new version of Office.

- The Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview Registration page, where you can sign up for consideration to be invited into the Technical Preview Program.

Microsoft will be notifying invitees in early to mid July. Hurry Hurry.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

If you're in, near, or around Sacramento, please take notice:

Please take a minute to check out the new Sacramento Technology Onwers Meetup at http://www.sactechmeetup.com.

Also: Please spread the word to friends and colleagues. We already have some good P.R. coming up as I was interviewed by Sacramento Business Journal about our meeting.

Lots of folks have said they're going to signup and showup. Now we just need to meetup! :-)

Anyway, please visit the site and register to attend our meeting Thursday, June 18th.

See you there.

Thank you.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Have A Great Memorial Day!

Don't forget Memorial Day is Monday May 25th.

If you or your staff are taking an extra day on Friday, that might be a perfect time for us to sneak in and tune up some machines.

Enter a service request and we'll take advantage of the opportunity.

Of course we'll do it remotely so you don't have to be bothered!

Enjoy the holiday.

KPEnterprises is closed on Monday, Memorial Day.

As always, someone will be paged whenever a new Serive Request is entered. To create a service request, go to The Client Service Portal.

:-)

Friday, May 15, 2009

New Technology Meetup for Business Owners

Please check out the new Meetup we are sponsoring for business owners and managers interested in technology.

This group will focus on the business side of technology, not the technical side.

    Sacramento Business Technology Owners Meetup

    Meet other local Small Business Owners to talk about business technology strategies that can increase productivity and revenue, reduce operational expenses, and help you plan for the future.

    We meet on the Third Thursday of every month. Our first meetup will be June 18, 2009.

    No sales pitches allowed!

    We discuss current technology market trends, learn new ways to develop business through... [read more]


This group's first Meetup is already scheduled!

Sacramento Business Technology Owners
June Meetup
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Among other things, we'll build an agenda of questions and interests you have regarding technology. Please join us and build this into a great monthly Meetup!

:-)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Manuel is Certifiable!

In November of last year, Microsoft released a new product - SBS 2008. It's the latest version of the super-popular and amazing system most of you have on your server. You never personally use it, but you get great benefits from it.

Anyway, Microsoft even more recently released the certification exam for SBS 2008.

There are no study materials available yet, but Manuel has installed it dozens of times in the lab and at client offices, so he figured he knows the product pretty well. And he must, because he passed the exam with flying colors!

While other consultants are happy with old technologies, KPEnterprises continues to look to the future.

Remember: One of our requirements for employment is that every technician must be a Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist. And we are.

We congratulate Manuel and are proud to be solidly on the cutting edge of certifications for the market we support.

Congratulate Manuel when you see him.

:-)